“We have a lot of young players, who have done well in domestic cricket, and we have a new coach, who has been speaking positive things, so we are looking forward to doing well.”

Subramaniam Badrinath stroked 43 to revive the visitors, and lead them to 159 for six, after Darren Sammy undermined their top-order.

Badrinath struck five fours from 37 balls to breathe life into the Indians’ innings, after they stumbled to 63 for four at the halfway stage.

The visitors’ top order was reduced to rubble, after they were sent in to bat, when Sammy snagged four for 16 from his allotted four overs.

But Badrinath turned things around for India, with a stand of 61 for the fifth wicket with Rohit Sharma, and inspired controlled late-order hitting to beef-up the visitors’ total, as they added 72 from the final five overs.

Praveen Kumar started with a maiden before Ashwin made the breakthrough in the fourth over, having Lendl Simmons dubiously caught at slip off Ashwin for nine – TV replays suggesting he never touched the ball.